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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "The Bank of England" (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:56:14 -0700
Subject: BUTTERFIELD PRIVATE BANK DIRECTORS ARE BETRAYALS, THEY STAB US IN THE BACK, PLEASE I NEED YOUR APPROVALS FOR ME TO PROCEED AND HANDLE THIS MATTER FROM MY OFFICE IN BANK OF ENGLAND AND OPEN ACCOUNTONLINE FOR YOU WHICH YOU CAN ACCESS AND SEE YOUR FUND YOURSELF

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Dear Sir,

 

I just receive a very annoying information’s this morning from the (FSA) financial services authority, Butterfield Private Bank directors because of the delay from your side in claiming the fund ($36,000,000.00) thirty six million dollars, the Butterfield Directors have just betray the trust and confidence I have in them by reporting this transaction to (FSA) this indeed is like stabbing me in the back, because the (FSA) officials always take instructions from me as an executive Governor of the Bank of England, not me taking Orders from them.

 

Since the Butterfield Private Bank directors that I trusted so much can go ahead and stab me, I am making arrangement upon your approvals and confirmations today being 22nd of March 2010 to move the fund back to my Bank, I mean back to Bank of England, where we will setup a Bank account number and details for you confidentially, just between we and you. I will then give you the online access where you can go online by yourself and check your account and also after clearing of the certifications official fees, then you will be able to gain full wired access and license to be making wire transfer from that account with us via the online facilities to your others account online, if you remember this was our initial arrangement and agreement, if you said yes then we can go from there.

 

I am waiting for your approvals to carry on with this so that I will also stop our correspondence from this Butterfield Private Bank official email address so that I will personally write you direct with my new email address and then open the account in Bank of England and have your money fully lodge in back there which does not even have anything to do with Butterfield Private Bank stupid deadline mandate.

 

Confirm your understanding to this fact and give me approvals so that I will go ahead and have this matter resolved directly from my office so that no other party will even knows of our understanding anymore, waiting for your confirmations and approvals, meanwhile try every possible best to do according to my previous correspondent with you last week and try to comply with the official certifications fees certificate which you already knows the cost and I have also confirm this many time to you, please see what you can do because is just that we must follow the normal transfer process to get this fund to you.

 

I believe that you are aware that an individual cannot owns an account with Bank of England, because we deal with nations and banks, but with me by your side, it must be possible because I am the Governor of Bank of England, nobody questions me about this arrangement, because is a special arrangement and highly confidential, between I and you alone, confidential matters, let me know your own assumptions to this matter.

Thanks for Banking with us

Regards

Mr. Mervyn Allister King

Tel: 00-44-78-79-14-0625

Tel: 00-44-74-04-39-3085

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